Empowering Women in Russia: Activism, Aid, and NGOs

Beschreibung

Beschreibung

First-hand account of social activism and the politics of development in postsocialist Russia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Gendered Interventions; 1. Muddying the Waters: Participatory Action Research in Tver'; 2. Querying Democratization: Civil Society, International Aid, and the Riddle of the Third Sector; 3. Gender Mainstreaming and the Third-Sectorization of Russian Women's Activism; 4. Global Civil Society and the Local Costs of Belonging: Setting up a Crisis Center in Tver'; 5. A Tale of Two Projects; Conclusion

Portrait

Julie Hemment is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Pressestimmen

"This is unquestionably an important book in our efforts to understand women in Russia and the evolution of post-Soviet Russian society... It can be recommended to students and scholars of Russia as well as those specializing in women's issues." oJournal of Contemporary History, Vol. 44, No. 4